QA Contracts in Cheltenham

Quality Assurance (QA)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 31 23
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 +8
Contract jobs citing QA 7 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 3.70% 3.23% 0.79%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.59% 27.78% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £303 £336 -
25th Percentile £363 £361 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £700
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -35.71% +107.41%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £750
90th Percentile £668 £605 -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £675 £275 £325
% change year-on-year +145.45% -15.38% -23.53%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheltenham

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 34 18 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 17.99% 11.61% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 2
10th Percentile £333 £184 £576
25th Percentile £484 £347 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £500 £643
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -22.18% +71.33%
75th Percentile £681 £644 £713
90th Percentile £720 £705 £735
Gloucestershire median daily rate £673 £400 £383
% change year-on-year +68.13% +4.58% +2.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Cheltenham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Cheltenham.

Daily rate trend for QA in Cheltenham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Cheltenham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Cheltenham.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Cheltenham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Primavera
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) QA Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) QA Tester
1 2 (28.57%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Planner
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Project Planning
2 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (28.57%) Black-Box Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
3 2 (28.57%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Open Source
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Situational Awareness
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 2 (28.57%) White-Box Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
3 1 (14.29%) PMP
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle